This is an analysis of the poem Mairi Laghach that begins with:
Chorus.—Hey, my winsome Mary,—
Mary fondly free !... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBAB AbAXcdeaXfgeggahah ibfbb eeXXXjXjbcdeXe XgcgBcgigkjajg ljlj XeieXcXfcfcdXdBXefkf cekeA BABAXAb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,18,5,14,14,4,20,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 10101 111010 10100 101010 11111 111010 11101100 11010 110110 11101 100110 01011 1010010 10101 111110 11101 1111 101110 10111 100010 10111 101010 10101 101011 10111 10111 111110 10101 101110 111011 111011 11111 1010101 10101 10111 1010 100110 01101 101010 00101 001110 10111 101011 11101 10111 101010 10111 101010 11101 111010 11101 11010 100101 10111 011110 10111 001110 10101 1010100 11101 101010 10101 10111 1010 111010 11111 1010110 00101 101010 10111 111010 11101 10111 10 111011 11101 101110 10111 101110 11101 101110 10101 111010 10101 111010 10100 101010 11111 111010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mary is repeated.
The author used the same word hers at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mary connects the lines.
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